Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -3

THE GRASSROOTS TRUST

Area of operation: WorldwideActivities: Seeking to advance the Kingdom of God, wherever He calls.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/04/23		£444	£496	£-53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
30/04/22		£447	£469	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
30/04/21		£459	£440	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
30/04/20		£394	£418	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
30/04/19		£438	£395	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
30/04/18		£383	£390	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/17		£396	£372	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/16		£458	£448	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/15		£493	£421	£72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/14		£415	£430	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/13		£458	£476	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/12		£466	£465	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/11		£456	£415	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/10		£438	£436	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/09		£408	£411	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/08		£352	£347	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/07		£414	£202	£212	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/06		£171	£143	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/05	*	£148	£86	£61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/04	*	£98	£79	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 27 years

www.grassroots.org.uk

admin@grassroots.org.uk

01252792387

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Religious Activities
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Egypt, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Peru, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Tanzania, Zambia,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Gender Split

CLAIRE CORLEY Appointed: 2021

JAMES CAMERON WALKER Appointed: 2014

MR ROB ANDERSON

MARK RAYMOND JOHN PRICE (Chair) Appointed: 2014

ROBERT CLIVE SWEATMAN, Other trusteeship: CITIZENS ADVICE HAVANT,

STUART DAVID HOWARD BOREHAM

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/01/1997, number: 1060034

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR05: 7 days late, AR04: 8 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE GRASSROOTS CHRISTIAN TRUST on 09/03/2020

Main office

8 MEADOW WAY
ROWLEDGE
FARNHAM
GU10 4DY

Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH SET OUT IN THE SCHEDULE APPENDED TO THE CHARITY'S DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 20 DECEMBER 1996 (B) TO RELIEVE POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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